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EVENTS

January events

January 1 - The Chicago And North Western Railway leases the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis And Omaha Railway (the Omaha Road).

January 12 - Operations of the Santa Fe Railroad 's '' Super Chief '' and '' El Capitan '' Passenger Train s are combined during off-peak seasons.

January 22 - Last day of Steam Locomotive operations on the Southern Pacific Railroad .

February events

February 7 - Southern Pacific 4-6-2 number 2472 (now preserved) is retired from revenue service.¹ p 178.

March events

March 17 - The Milwaukee Road operates its last Steam Locomotive .

March 29 - The New York, Ontario And Western Railroad is abandoned, the first Class I Railroad to quit.

March 29 - The Central Vermont Railway dieselizes.

April events

April 7 - New York City Trolley s run for the last time.

May events

May 7 - The '' Flying Yankee '' trainset is retired from revenue service on the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads.

June events

June 6 - Pere Marquette Railroad Steam Locomotive 2-8-4 number 1225 is given to Michigan State University for display on campus.

July events

July 3 - The Chicago Aurora And Elgin Railroad ceases all operations.

July 11 - Southern Pacific Railroad ’s Colton Cutoff around Los Angeles is opened to traffic.

July 27 - The Musquodoboit Railway ends Steam Locomotive operations with a round trip between Dartmouth and Upper Upper Musquodoboit , Nova Scotia , behind CN number 3409.

August events

August 27 - The Santa Fe Railroad retires its last Steam Locomotive .

October events

October 31 - Canadian National Railway receives authorization to operate the former New York Central Railroad (NYC) lines in Ottawa , Ontario , to reach industries that were originally served by NYC.

November events

November 1 - Class I Railroad s report they roster 27,108 diesel and 2,697 steam Locomotive s. An additional 721 steam locomotives are in storage.

December events

December 31 - The Southern Railway runs its last Steam Locomotive .

Unknown date events

William N. Deramus III becomes president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

July deaths

July 13 - Sim Webb , Casey Jones ' fireman on the famous run (b. 1874).

REFERENCES

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005 .

Katy Railroad Historical Society, '' Katy Frequently Asked Questions ''. Retrieved February 9 2005 .

Smith, Ivan ( 2005 .